Progress to date
Total number of women MPs: 265 (263 elected in the general election and two elected in by elections)
41% of MPs are women
10 MPs are disabled (according to research by Professor Elizabeth Evans and Dr Stefanie Reher)
Number of women MPs | %age of the party group | %age of the overall total of MPs (650) | |
Labour Party | 190 | 46% | 29% |
Conservative Party | 29 | 24% | 4% |
Liberal Democrats | 32 | 44% | 5% |
Scottish National Party | 1 | 11% | 0.2% |
Green Party | 3 | 75% | 0.5% |
Plaid Cymru | 3 | 75% | 0.5% |
Reform Party | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Women MPs elected since 1918
Since women first gained the right to stand as MPs in 1918 there have only been 695 women MPs compared to thousands of men. The graph below shows that at ever election more men have been elected than women.
